Many thanks for all the doc updates.

On 7/6/26 22:06, James Youngman wrote:
diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1
index 9f750c43..b7111c19 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ If neither
  nor
  .B \-e
  is used, no end-of-file string is used.
+Other implementations of
+.B xargs
+may have a default logical end-of-file string, so if you want to
+portably ensure that no logical end-of-file string is in use, use
+.B \-E ""

man swallows the "" as an empty second argumment to .B syntax.
I propose using the following instead:

  .B \-E \*(lq\*(rq

+to disable the logical end-of-file string.
+See also STANDARDS CONFORMANCE.
  .
  .TP
  .\" We use font selection escape sequences here because usage of `\c` in

Thanks & have a nice day,
Berny

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